All Blacks vs Scotland
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Some amazing goal line defence again.
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Ardie on his feet, but clearly lying on bodies.
I guess this ref is consistent
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There's been some suspicious looking neck rolls and our forwards are playing their hearts out but I don't want to see BB at 10 again. He's lost his attacking moxy.
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would you put TJP on though?
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Bones He is having a shocker, and the defensive positioning in midfield has been awful.
I think many of us were just hoping he'd be a capable backup for Rieko. It's not really looking like it eh, but fuck, who else?
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I know that this is like a fucking broken record but when will the NZRFU realize that Foster is just not the man for the job? I honestly thought with Jo Smit and Ryan there things would start to change but it all start from the top. The last 22 minutes of that half was just embarrassing.
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Halftime thoughts.
Havili doesn't even want the backup 12 shirt it seems
ALB's reputation was greatly enhanced by not playing for a year.
Christie isn't a starter which is a huge problem.
Telea looks great.
McLeod owes Savea his job.
Papalii and Savea seem to work really well together.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
ALB's reputation was greatly enhanced by not playing for a year.
He is so slow.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Halftime thoughts.
Havili doesn't even want the backup 12 shirt it seems
ALB's reputation was greatly enhanced by not playing for a year.
Christie isn't a starter which is a huge problem.
Telea looks great.
McLeod owes Savea his job.
Papalii and Savea seem to work really well together.
I think DP helps keep Akira focussed as well. Looks like a natural leader. Also what defensive strength he has!
Speaking of defensive strength from the other end of the spectrum I love how Laulala demands to take the ball up and invariably gets about the width of a shoelace forward before he drops into the pitch. What consistency he has.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
ALB's reputation was greatly enhanced by not playing for a year.
He is so slow.
HE WAS SLOW IN 2019 AND THREY KEEP BLOODY PICKING HIM!!!!!!!!!!
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Papalii and Savea seem to work really well together.
ALB needs to prove himself at a lower level, been away too long.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Halftime thoughts.
Havili doesn't
Speaking of defensive strength from the other end of the spectrum I love how Laulala demands to take the ball up and invariably gets about the width of a shoelace forward before he drops into the pitch. What consistency he has.The width of a shoelace.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Halftime thoughts.
Havili doesn't even want the backup 12 shirt it seems
ALB's reputation was greatly enhanced by not playing for a year.
Christie isn't a starter which is a huge problem.
Telea looks great.
McLeod owes Savea his job.
Papalii and Savea seem to work really well together.
I think DP helps keep Akira focussed as well. Looks like a natural leader. Also what defensive strength he has!
Umm Savea plays pretty well with Cane so not sure if there is any correlation there
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Bones He is having a shocker, and the defensive positioning in midfield has been awful.
I think many of us were just hoping he'd be a capable backup for Rieko. It's not really looking like it eh, but fuck, who else?
He's played 4 minutes after coming back from injury. Not time to write him off forever yet.
But could do with a shake up today.
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Yeah this chopping and changing is such a great idea. Fucking change my mind.
Ma'a Nonu played something like 70 tests at 12 and 62 of those were with Conrad Smith. Jordie B has had 2 and looks a million times better than that headless chook Havili. We're 10 tests away from a QF but yeah, keep changing the fucking team.
Since 2015 we've been looking for centers. Hansen fucked the team around all the way up to the SF in 2019. Foster has done the same. Finally find a potential candidate and he won't be played 2 tests in succession.
For all the doom and gloom in this test, the Jocks are gifted a PT (DP was blocked from making a tackle and the ball ingoal makes a huge dogleg to the left, not probable in my book but hey) and Mr Indecisive gift wraps and pass right into the hands of the Jocks.
